The problem
A 200 MW data center is not a trend. It is a project with a realization probability, an energization date that may slip, a ramp-up, and an operating shape unlike any load on the system today. Treating it as growth on a curve gets both the timing and the size wrong.
Realization
Each digital-load scenario carries a project realization probability, an energization date with anticipated delays, a load realization factor, and a ramp-up trajectory through startup. Uncertainty is carried explicitly rather than collapsed into a single expected value.
Operating shape
Short-term profiles capture ramps, variability, operating transitions, and backup events relevant to local grid impacts. Long-term profiles represent annual operating shape, load factor, hourly coincidence with weather, and the timing of impacts across planning years.
Platform role
A digital-load scenario enters the demand simulator as a load modifier, the distribution simulator as a feeder-level input, and the market simulator as a price and congestion driver — one assumption, propagated consistently.
